Special Report

West Africa’s healthcare investment momentum builds as WHX returns to Nigeria 

West Africa’s healthcare investment momentum builds as WHX returns to Nigeria 

Nigeria’s healthcare sector is undergoing rapid transformation, with forecasts predicting a 7.1% expansion and an anticipated market value of US$161.7 million by 2027. This growth is fuelled by a US$1.2 billion Federal Ministry investment in infrastructure and workforce, major oncology and diagnostic expansions by the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority, and increased imports under the African Continental Free Trade Area […]
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Federal roads are death traps — Findings

Federal roads are death traps — Findings

Tales of woe from the North   This is the third installment of this investigative report on federal roads in the country that are presently in a state of disrepair, occasioning tales of woe by road users in the affected places. The second part was published in yesterday’s edition of Saturday Vanguard VANGUARD, however,  learnt that […]

Federal roads are death traps— Findings

Federal roads are death traps— Findings

*Tales of woe by road users, others, across the country *FG constructed 8,352.94 kilometres of roads between 2016 and 2022; spent close to N11trn on road infrastructure— Fashola, Works and Housing Minister Most federal roads in the country are presently in a state of disrepair, occasioning tales of woe by road users in the affected […]

I’ll marry more than one wife – 19-year-old monarch

I’ll marry more than one wife – 19-year-old monarch

By Dayo Johnson, Akure Oba Oloyede Adeyeoba Akinghare 11, the Arujale Ojima of Okeluse Kingdom in Ose council area of Ondo State, is the youngest monarch in the country. His appointment was ratified by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in 2019, following a process overseen by kingmakers in the community when he was 16 years old, and […]

Akinkurolere: Female engineering students outshine their male counterparts

Akinkurolere: Female engineering students outshine their male counterparts

By James Ogunnaike The immediate past Rector of Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State, Engr. Dr. (Mrs.) Olufunke Olanike Akinkurolere, in this interview, calls on government to invest more on technical and vocational education if Nigeria wants to move forward in technology. She also speaks on her […]

Ogiame Atuwatse III: A king in the eyes of his people

Ogiame Atuwatse III: A king in the eyes of his people

By Jimitota Onoyume, Asst. News Editor EXULT-ANT to be part of the first one year anniversary of Ogiame Atuwatse III, Secretary, Warri Council of Chiefs, Chief Eugene Ikomi, stated that it is a very tremendous one year for the Itsekiri people and they were happy at this time to have a very forthright king.   “A king […]

Ogiame Atuwatse III: Thorny path to the crown 

Ogiame Atuwatse III: Thorny path to the crown 

 By Jimitota Onoyume, Asst. News Editor THE road to the ascension of the throne of his forefathers was a prickly one for the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III.   This, probably, explains why he sang so much praises to God Almighty minutes after he was crowned at the ancestral home of Warri Kingdom, Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South […]

Dissecting Chief Justice Tanko’s resignation, logic and expectations

Dissecting Chief Justice Tanko’s resignation, logic and expectations

In this report, ISE-OLUWA IGE examines available facts on why the 16th Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad suddenly resigned his coveted office, the logic behind the pregnant decision and the expectations of stakeholders on the handling of the unprecedented crisis that rocked the Supreme Court in the last few months and what his successor must do to return the apex bench to its lofty position in the judicature.

[Vanguard Awards] Bishop Margaret Idahosa: Driven by passion for humanity

[Vanguard Awards] Bishop Margaret Idahosa: Driven by passion for humanity

SPECIAL REPORT By Kenneth Ehijiator BISHOP Margaret Benson-Idahosa is the wife of the late Archbishop Benson Idahosa, founder of Church of God Mission Int’l. Inc, CGMI.  She serves currently as the Presiding Bishop of the ministry, with several branches and hundreds of thousands of members worldwide. She also pastors the 5,000 capacity Faith Miracle Centre […]

[Vanguard Awards] Afe Babalola: A lifetime of achievements

[Vanguard Awards] Afe Babalola: A lifetime of achievements

FROM a humble background in the rustic town of Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, Nigeria, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has grown not only to be a colossus in the legal profession and in arbitration, but also a household name in the education sector. This does not diminish the fact that he is also a big-time farmer.

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